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disparate

[dis-per-it, dih-spar-] / ˈdɪs pər ɪt, dɪˈspær- /


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Instead, it integrates many disparate elements of a business’ enterprise tech stack and internal models or processes, and is able to push out decisions through read-write loops while maintaining compliance and data validation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Under fair lending laws, companies are not allowed to enact policies that would have disparate impacts on certain groups of customers, such as people of a particular race or gender.

From Salon • Mar. 30, 2026

Never — and this includes the Dodgers’ time in bankruptcy court — have the fates of the two Los Angeles franchises been so disparate.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Jarvis said volunteers often would not meet again until a real life callout "so it is bringing all of these people from very disparate backgrounds together to achieve something really quite amazing".

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

Those geographic differences constitute important ultimate answers to Yali’s question about why different peoples ended up with disparate degrees of power and affluence.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond